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CC BY 4.0 · Arch Plast Surg 2024; 51(02): 258-261
DOI: 10.1055/a-2229-3420
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International Microsurgery Club and World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Webinar: Career Building in Microsurgery

Joachim N. Meuli 
1   Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
,
Jung-Ju Huang 
2   Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
,
Susana Heredero 
3   UGC de Cirugía Maxilofacial, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain
,
Wei F. Chen 
4   Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
,
Tommy NJ Chang 
2   Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Abstract

Career building can be challenging for young surgeons, especially when topics such as lifestyle, work–life balance and subspecialization arise. Suggestions and advice from senior colleagues is very valuable but many young surgeons do not have such opportunities or are limited to a few senior surgeons. The International Microsurgery Club (IMC), in collaboration with the World Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, organized a combined webinar for this topic and invited world renowned microsurgery masters polled by the IMC members to join, including Prof. Peter Neligan (Emeritus from University of Washington, United States), Prof. Raja Sabapathy (Ganga Hospital, India), Dr. Gregory Buncke (The Buncke Clinic, United States), Prof. Isao Koshima (Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan), Prof. David Chwei-Chin Chuang (Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan), and Prof. Eric Santamaria (Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez, Mexico) on May 1, 2022. Prof. Joon-Pio Hong (Asan Medical Center, South Korea) and Prof. Fu-Chan Wei (Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan) were also selected but unfortunately could not make it and were therefore invited to another event in April 2023, summarized in a recently published paper.

There is ample literature reporting on different aspects of developing a microsurgical career but the goal of this session was to offer an opportunity for direct exchange with experienced mentors. Moreover, insights from experienced microsurgeons from different part of the world were more likely to offer different perspectives on aspects such as career building, failure management, and team culture. This webinar event was moderated by Dr. Jung-Ju Huang (Taiwan), Dr. Susana Heredero (Spain), and Dr. Wei F. Chen (United States).

Keywords

medical education - microsurgery - surgical training

Ethical Approval

Ethical committee/review board approval was waived as this paper does not constitute research.


Authors' Contributions

J.M.: conceptualization; methodology; investigation; writing – original draft preparation

J.-J.H.: conceptualization; data curation; writing – review and editing

S.H.: data curation; writing – review and editing

W.C.: data curation; writing – review and editing

T.C.: conceptualization; data curation; methodology; software; resources; supervision; project administration; writing – review and editing; funding acquisition.




Publication History

Received: 29 October 2023

Accepted: 05 December 2023

Accepted Manuscript online:
14 December 2023

Article published online:
08 April 2024

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